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THE GOLD MOUNTAIN'.
The Democracy is again playing
the same game that won for it four
years agoa free silver plank
iind a gold standard candidate.
But just now the mahomniet of
the party---thc people and the
politicians,is commanding the
mountain to move, while the moun
tain grimly and advisedly stays
where it is. The gold mountain
will not go to the prophet,and after
loudly and firmly announcing its
everlasting devotion to the silver
sfcanderd, or, free silver coinage,
the prophet will proceed to go to
the mountain, and will- nominate
Cleveland or some other gold can
didate out of hand. This the
inexorable and habitual fortune of
the democracyto platform one
thing, and to nominate another.
Bat in the republican party an
other state of affairs exists. The
free silver element in that organi
zation is not so rampant as in the
democracy, because in the republi
can camp there is something else
left upon which to found a cam
paign, The dependence of silver
mining upon some sort of recogni
tion by goverment in its coinage
laws, is concerted by the most
thinking men of the party, and
the only question at issue is the
plan of safety to be pursued. How
much can be done for the white
jnefcal, without imperiling the
credit of our currency, is the open
question in the republican party.
Yet even there the gold mountain
has its base, and is inclined to be
miuovable.
The one paramount trouble
with the men who Consti
tute the brains of the party is,
tiiey refuse to consider tJie vast
gold production of the Iforeign
mines, and its capacity for sVecula
tion upon other people's products.
They refuse to recognize the tre
mendous necessities of our i'loine
business transactions, study the
equally tremendous capacity of
mir silver production for taking
care of the volume of trade. They
are lookingso fixedly in the direc
tion of democracy, .the direction
of our surplus provisions to the
european markets, that they over
look entirely the republican pro
gramme of home markets for
everything and foreign markets
for our manufactured goods as
fast as we can manufacture. They
have fallen into a democratic trap,
and do not know how to extricate
themselves with credit to their
persona! records, and are even
willing to saerihse the party ana
the country upon the rock of con
sistency.
The republican prophet is in im
minent danger of going to tho
gold mountain, without that sub
lime dare to the mountain which
has made so many religous fantics
fond of their seer. But there is
open neeetfsit3r
for cither the daie
or the refusal of the mountain to
move, the gold mountain and the
silver mountain should surrender
to one another, just as the two
metals intermingle in the bowels
of the earth, Neither should be
omnipotent, neither should control
the other on the counters of this
country or in lite platform of the
great American party.
SOME of the MiKinley papers
are drawing a world of consolation
out of an unhappy and pitying
abuse of Governor Morton of New
York who they allege is dough in
the hands of Tom Piatt, and who
is already regretting that he ever
permitted his name to be consid
ered for the Presidential nomina
tion, lhit that is a mean and un
worthy view to take of the matter.
Tom Piatt is not so hegrogged that
he is unsteady on his political li s,
and Governor Morton has simply
done what any other man would
i)
have done in the sami
by the man who wu
and ignored those who were con
stitutionally and every other way
opposed to his aspiration* from
thestart. Governor Morion is ho
fool and no slouch, and Win. M'
Kinley may be glad enough to
court his esteem before the conven
tion has adjorned. The Pioxniii:
says this a sa iMeKinley supporter.
Governor plough baa .one Very
decided advantage over Willi.un
E. Lee in the campaign for the
gubernatorial nomination, lie is
not so dod-rotted talented that he
will excite the envoy and opposi
tion of other men who are anxious
to become United States senafor..
St. Paul came near going Dem
ocratic at the late funeral in that'
city, but some two thousand voU
got oyer into the wrong camp for
that purpose, and Culien got left
and all the aldermen. Tremendous
applause!
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The only trouble with Mo.se,
Clapp for governor is he is too
smart and too talented fur the.
other ambitious fellows. If Mo.se
got in his wedge once, all the gold I
of Washbnrne and Merriam to
gether could not break him loose.
But Charley Pillshury will not let
him get his nose in.
Inflnoncc Slet*W!ity I Dcnl
ion
Wilhln the last twelve nvnitbs tln-re
has been a remarkable turning to elec
tricity on the part of the dentists of
this country. Probably one of the
most important elements In this move
ment was tho Introduction Of a meth
od of obtunding or rnaesthetizing
sensitive dentine by an electrical pro
cess. The process. Which is termed
cataphorosls, consists cf a driving In
of the anaesthetic tSrng to bo admin
istered, by means of an electric cur
rent, which has opened the way to a
real "painless der.tb-.try." A piece of
cotton, saturated with coca I no or oth
er anaesthetic, is placed in a tooth
which it Is desired to remove or to
operate on in any way. On either fide
of the tooth, or on one side of tho
toorh and outside of the .-heok. are
electrodes, which nro connected to n
"adapter," a newly-designed machine
for administering electric current in
very niinuto quantities. Formerly the
difficulty was to give the current to a
sensitive parent without shocking.
Now. the current can be KIVPII -so
gradually that tho pstteht Is hardly
conscious of It. and in from four to
five mhmtes the tooth to bo operated
upon Is so benumbed that It can be ex
cavated, filled, or even taker, out with
out the Slightest pnbi to the patient.
This epoch-making and beneficent dis
covery has proved such a sonree of
stimulation to li doiit.il profession
that quite a number of beaatutpl ad
aptations of electricity to dentistry
have appeared. One of those Is the
use of the slnusodlal current, which,
unlike the current ordinarily used, has
sof wave-like hnpul-ox. which are
restful and refresh in if. Dentists find
this current a great he'p to them, as
most path tits who art) uml-T Its soi til
ing '''ilueiKT will face any ordinary
open Hon v'.'h but little fear or no-v
oufiiic*s S"or he!ivrrlja of th'
gums after s*n extraction is now
Stopped" by t|e npplieaiion of the ii"/:-
ative olo of calvaulc current, which
caw*' coagulation. New devolop
niei. in the implantation and n.ins
platttatiaa ui teeth by electricity are
now befti po 'tPd by some progress
Ive members 01 J? tuofo-'idon. whiie
otliers are devoting theni'-ives to
bt'ingiug out tho porsthfiitlcs of tog
t:-:n.shuninatlou of soft tlSiaue by
means of tho now "ethorie lijrht." '1 iie
fart has never before now boon made
public that some time n^ro Mr. Tesla
received letter from a Gorman phy
sician, who stated that nol only had
ho killed the bacilli of taberctilosis by
subjecting thorn to the "Testla glow"
in liis laboratory, but had by tho same
agency netualiy arrested tol erimlar
develo]mont In the human subject.
This letter, uufortunnt* !y, was burned
In the lire at the laboratory, aid .Mr.
Tesla has never boon able to find the
writer of it. On* the most baneful
and hitherto hopeless diseases with
which the de.itin hr.H copj is
"pyorrhoea nlv
coiaris, into wiiie the
tvi'i.h gradually loosen in tl.e pirns,
and at last drop-out. If enteric Kght
will kill one iufcrbe It will prchably
kill others, and dftstists ire now ex
perimenting in the use of high''.'.- can
dle-powers and loosing forward hope
fully io SK^nf nhlo to purity and r.tor-
lll/.o* the cavity of the month by Ught
alone, *nd ir Jfoo oat with a irusji
of glowing pht!jhor{jn'o:)ee every nox
lou |rtn that ler.'cs within it. The
Hf.,u.jr,i rays, too, have natunilly
opett a new SM. Cathodie pictures
aro tt.r'*' clag taken of the teeth of
patlf*ti As thf- rays pnas more easi
ly tt-tontgh hone than through metal,
every bit cf old stopping la every part
of the tooJh is made matiife.-: for the
guidance of the operator who has a
new patient. Tho Roentgen rays are
also to hi passed Inside the mouth,
with a pl-te on the check, and thus s
tlti*. deformnnons. pus deposits will
IKS ehown. and the wlmie of the hk)-
deu pathoiogy of the tooth and gums
will be revealed..
.:t TtllilK.
At one of tho up town hntcls tho
landlord has taken a decided stand
against the Obnoxious "tipping" sys
tem. Oa the first of tlm month the
wages of the waiters were advaneed
40 por cent, the object being to abol
ish, If jKvsplblo, the system of tipping,
so detrimental alike to patrons and
management: Notice of Hie lncreu.se,
wiih an explanation of the object, has
been printed on tlm ba of the menu
cards, and now guests for their
dinners without being d'Hoatoly held
up by the waiters.New York Letter.
SAVED UY A "Lin: (\2AI.Y"
Mont TbrllHr.K Jiivse^f on Ueeon)
?Iitti by ('muict'CcHt 1*:\ilx.
Then* is newly n..O hero daWa In
thj little pesi village of Sandy llook,
Conn., sn.vs the Xuw York V.'oild. Ho
is Stephen Kearo, a lai^lit hid of fif
teen years. Stephen has been ft yalov
boy ail lits lire, but it was not umil
la Ft Monday that he beeat? a rial
hero.
lie and a party of h!s classmates
from St. Michael's parochial seljosl, at
Band Hook, on that day wen-t s&fittag
o: Niar.iic mill vA. In the party
was i--eliaei Keating, a of twelve
years. Michael, veatmlrig where the
ice wa thin, broke ftttonjrb and fell
Into the water. Stephen Keane cried:
'Form a I'tV-chaln.' boys, and we'll
nave pttlc .'.Mike' easy!"
Lying Bat, fnc downward, on th"
ice,* he .directed one of the by to lie
down as be had and hold tightly onto
ins ankles. The ankles, of this one
were In turn grasped by another lad,
and so on until a "life-chain' of srx
brave boys Was formed
Keano wriggled his way carefully
out on the thin ice Before him was
poor ICeatlng stnTtrTlin^ for life. Onco
he wont down, and still the hrst link
of the "Kfe-chnin" was crawling ,wly
on the ice far away. Down he went a
second time.
"Hold thrht, boys'." cried Keane.
just as the drowning boy was disap
pearing for the last time Keane seized
his coat.
Crack! went the lee and the first two
links of the "ille-chaln" were al?o in
the ley water.
Finally ail the boys were dragged
oat. the worse only for a wetting.
Wees tho crowd gathered about
young Keane end showered praises on
him for his forethougut and pluck, he
only said:
read in a ncwspup'T Inw to do
that trick, and I thought I'd try it."
Progressive riairymen.
The progressive dairy farmer belongs
to an advanced class. Nowhere will
a higher grade of Intelligence he found
In a farming community than one com
posed of dairymou whoso dairying op
erations from btart to finish are con
ducted on I heir own famia and in their
own dairy houses or roomsif wo ex
cept the marketing of their product
and conducted Intelligently and vviih
up-to-date herds, methods and appli
ances.
Such farmers are. If the expression
can he allowed, dairyman by inherit
ance yet they do not depend entirely
on inherited talent fi:r conducting their
dairying operations. The words iu
herlfanee i::d inherited are used in tho
sense as applied t. something acquired
from the experience of their immedi
ate and more remote ancestors. The
GnakciB are a good example of thi3
class, in boyhood tho writer knew
communities of them that were model
uuirvmon. They left their mark on
communities of adjacent farmers who
were wise enough to profit by their
good dairying methods. And there
have been found aimng-tho uecontl ami
thiid generations of those Quakers
bright examples of progressive dairy
men, who have helped to organixe and
maintain dairymen's associations and
who have lost no opportunity to keep
up with the times In all matters re
lating to dairying.
The progressive dairyman is look
ing for all real improvements. *Ie does
not adopt overv new thing that omes
.long, but he does in good time adopt
all genuine Improvements' in methods
and such of those in appliances as are
tijaptod to his conditions and sur
roundings and within his moans.
It can be written down that a really
genuine, progressive dairyman is a hu
mane person. No man that is uot kind
to dumb animals should ever engage
In dairviug. Kindness to dumb dul
awis has always been a prominent
trait of character in the Quaker char
acter.Weiteru Plowman.
Ciisiiuserc S5ieei
I have bred Angora goats steadily
for twenty-throe years, having treated
them the same as wool-bearing ani
mals both summer and winter. A
Chautaue.ua county (X. Y.) subscriber
ashs If imported goats will do as we'd
and thrive in this section on Hat, level
lands a'S natives I cannot say. what
imported animals will do. never hav
ing had any, but cannot see why they
fdierld do differently from those bred
in this country. I have sent Angoras
to noaijy every state, and whore they
thrive the Cashmeres will, also. Cash
Ihere sheep tiro raised quite extensive
ly in the mountainous regions of the
West. South and Southwest, and some
in almost every state in the Union.
Mohan', like wool, varies in price. One
time I got .SI per pound in the grease
it will generally bring from 40 to 70
per cent more than wool in an un
washed state. -.1. A. Bill, Connecticut,
in Farm and Home.
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